Serum procalcitonin and calcitonin normal values before and after calcium gluconate infusion

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-170

  Giovanella, L ^a,b  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

calcitonin; calcium gluconate; medullary thyroid carcinoma; procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM GLUCONATE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858153569     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1301290     Document Type: Article

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